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Paul E. McKenneyandJoel Fernandes b0c8dd5097 refscale: Ditch ref_scale_shutdown in favor of torture_shutdown_init()
The torture_shutdown_init() function spawns a shutdown kthread in
a manner very similar to that implemented by ref_scale_shutdown().
This commit therefore re-implements ref_scale_shutdown in terms of
torture_shutdown_init().

The initial draft of this patch was generated by version 2.1.16 of the
Claude AI/LLM, but trained and configured for use by my employer, and
prompted to refer to Linux-kernel source code.  This initial draft failed
to provide a forward reference to ref_scale_cleanup(), passed zero to
torture_shutdown_init() for an unwelcome insta-shutdown, and failed to
pass the kvm.sh --duration argument in as a refscale module parameter.
On the other hand, it did catch the need to NULL main_task on the
post-test self-shutdown code path, which I might well have forgotten
to do.

This version of the patch fixes those problems, and in fact very little
of the initial draft remains.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@nvidia.com>
2026-03-30 15:48:13 -04:00
Linus Torvalds bf4afc53b7 Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument
This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using

    git grep -l '\<k[vmz]*alloc_objs*(.*, GFP_KERNEL)' |
        xargs sed -i 's/\(alloc_objs*(.*\), GFP_KERNEL)/\1)/'

to convert the new alloc_obj() users that had a simple GFP_KERNEL
argument to just drop that argument.

Note that due to the extreme simplicity of the scripting, any slightly
more complex cases spread over multiple lines would not be triggered:
they definitely exist, but this covers the vast bulk of the cases, and
the resulting diff is also then easier to check automatically.

For the same reason the 'flex' versions will be done as a separate
conversion.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2026-02-21 17:09:51 -08:00
Kees Cook 69050f8d6d treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types
This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from
scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to
avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and
instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union
object instances:

Single allocations:	kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...)

Array allocations:	kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...)

Flex array allocations:	kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...)
are replaced with:	kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...)

(where TYPE may also be *VAR)

The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning
"TYPE *".

Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
2026-02-21 01:02:28 -08:00
Frederic Weisbecker a50413848f Merge branch 'rcu/refscale' into next
Add performance testing for common context synchronizations
(Preemption, IRQ, Softirq) and per-cpu increments. Those are
relevant comparisons against SRCU-fast read side APIs, especially
as they are planned to synchronize further tracing fast-path code.
2025-11-28 23:30:38 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker bfad33230a refscale: Add SRCU-fast-updown readers
This commit adds refscale readers based on srcu_read_lock_fast_updown()
and srcu_read_unlock_fast_updown()
("refscale.scale_type=srcu-fast-updown"). On my x86 laptop, these are
about 2.2ns per pair.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-28 15:23:17 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker 81f00c462e refscale: Exercise DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_FAST() and init_srcu_struct_fast()
This commit updates the initialization for the "srcu-fast" scale
type to use DEFINE_STATIC_SRCU_FAST() when reader_flavor is equal to
SRCU_READ_FLAVOR_FAST.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Cc: Sebastian Andrzej Siewior <bigeasy@linutronix.de>
Cc: <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-27 14:22:41 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker 204ab51445 refscale: Do not disable interrupts for tests involving local_bh_enable()
Some kernel configurations prohibit invoking local_bh_enable() while
interrupts are disabled.  However, refscale disables interrupts to reduce
OS noise during the tests, which results in splats.  This commit therefore
adds an ->enable_irqs flag to the ref_scale_ops structure, and refrains
from disabling interrupts when that flag is set.  This flag is set for
the "bh" and "incpercpubh" scale_type module-parameter values.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 14:37:17 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker 448b66a7aa refscale: Add non-atomic per-CPU increment readers
This commit adds refscale readers based on READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE()
that are unprotected (can lose counts, "refscale.scale_type=incpercpu"),
preempt-disabled ("refscale.scale_type=incpercpupreempt"),
bh-disabled ("refscale.scale_type=incpercpubh"), and irq-disabled
("refscale.scale_type=incpercpuirqsave").  On my x86 laptop, these are
about 4.3ns, 3.8ns, and 7.3ns per pair, respectively.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 14:37:17 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker bdba8330ad refscale: Add this_cpu_inc() readers
This commit adds refscale readers based on this_cpu_inc() and
this_cpu_inc() ("refscale.scale_type=percpuinc").  On my x86 laptop,
these are about 4.5ns per pair.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 14:37:17 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker 057df3eaca refscale: Add preempt_disable() readers
This commit adds refscale readers based on preempt_disable() and
preempt_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=preempt").  On my x86 laptop, these
are about 2.8ns.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 14:37:17 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker 78a731cefc refscale: Add local_bh_disable() readers
This commit adds refscale readers based on local_bh_disable() and
local_bh_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=bh").  On my x86 laptop, these
are about 4.9ns.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 14:37:17 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker edd6f78b75 refscale: Add local_irq_disable() and local_irq_save() readers
This commit adds refscale readers based on local_irq_disable() and
local_irq_enable() ("refscale.scale_type=irq") and on local_irq_save()
and local_irq_restore ("refscale.scale_type=irqsave").  On my x86 laptop,
these are about 2.8ns and 7.5ns per enable/disable pair, respectively.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2025-11-07 14:37:17 +01:00
Kaushlendra KumarandPaul E. McKenney 1441edd129 refperf: Set reader_tasks to NULL after kfree()
Set reader_tasks to NULL after kfree() in ref_scale_cleanup() to
improve debugging experience with kernel debugging tools. This
follows the common pattern of NULLing pointers after freeing to
avoid dangling pointer issues during debugging sessions.

Setting pointers to NULL after freeing helps debugging tools like
kdgb,drgn, and other kernel debuggers by providing clear indication
that the memory has been freed and the pointer is no longer valid.

Suggested-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2025-09-15 05:20:09 -07:00
Kaushlendra KumarandPaul E. McKenney fb7855a6b5 refperf: Remove redundant kfree() after torture_stop_kthread()
Remove unnecessary kfree(main_task) call in ref_scale_cleanup() as
torture_stop_kthread() already handles the memory cleanup for the
task structure internally.

The additional kfree(main_task) call after torture_stop_kthread()
is redundant and confusing since torture_stop_kthread() sets the
pointer to NULL, making this a no-op.

This pattern is consistent with other torture test modules where
torture_stop_kthread() is called without explicit kfree() of the
task pointer, as the torture framework manages the task lifecycle
internally.

Signed-off-by: Kaushlendra Kumar <kaushlendra.kumar@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2025-09-15 05:20:09 -07:00
Qianfeng RongandPaul E. McKenney 9a0352dd45 refscale: Use kcalloc() instead of kzalloc()
Use kcalloc() in main_func() to gain built-in overflow protection, making
memory allocation safer when calculating allocation size compared to
explicit multiplication.

Signed-off-by: Qianfeng Rong <rongqianfeng@vivo.com>
Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
2025-08-22 06:26:22 -07:00
Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) cc1d1365f0 Merge branches 'rcu-exp.23.07.2025', 'rcu.22.07.2025', 'torture-scripts.16.07.2025', 'srcu.19.07.2025', 'rcu.nocb.18.07.2025' and 'refscale.07.07.2025' into rcu.merge.23.07.2025 2025-07-23 21:42:20 +05:30
Paul E. McKenneyandNeeraj Upadhyay (AMD) cbd5d35e6d torture: Remove support for SRCU-lite
Because SRCU-lite is being replaced by SRCU-fast, this commit removes
support for SRCU-lite from refscale.c.

Both SRCU-lite and SRCU-fast provide faster readers by dropping the
smp_mb() call from their lock and unlock primitives, but incur a pair
of added RCU grace periods during the SRCU grace period.  There is a
trivial mapping from the SRCU-lite API to that of SRCU-fast, so there
should be no transition issues.

[ paulmck: Apply Christoph Hellwig feedback. ]

Signed-off-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
2025-07-16 09:44:44 +05:30
Artem SadovnikovandNeeraj Upadhyay (AMD) 005b618770 refscale: Check that nreaders and loops multiplication doesn't overflow
The nreaders and loops variables are exposed as module parameters, which,
in certain combinations, can lead to multiplication overflow.

Besides, loops parameter is defined as long, while through the code is
used as int, which can cause truncation on 64-bit kernels and possible
zeroes where they shouldn't appear.

Since code uses result of multiplication as int anyway, it only makes sense
to replace loops with int. Multiplication overflow check is also added
due to possible multiplication between two very big numbers.

Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Fixes: 653ed64b01 ("refperf: Add a test to measure performance of read-side synchronization")
Signed-off-by: Artem Sadovnikov <a.sadovnikov@ispras.ru>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay (AMD) <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
2025-07-07 09:45:45 +05:30
Paul E. McKenneyandBoqun Feng 4c3fca0f59 refscale: Add srcu_read_lock_fast() support using "srcu-fast"
This commit creates a new srcu-fast option for the refscale.scale_type
module parameter that selects srcu_read_lock_fast() and
srcu_read_unlock_fast().

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
Cc: <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Boqun Feng <boqun.feng@gmail.com>
2025-02-05 07:12:05 -08:00
Paul E. McKenneyandUladzislau Rezki (Sony) 1806b1f97f refscale: Add test for sched_clock()
This commit adds a "sched-clock" test for the sched_clock() function.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Uladzislau Rezki (Sony) <urezki@gmail.com>
2024-12-14 16:16:33 +01:00
Frederic Weisbecker d8dfba2c60 Merge branches 'rcu/fixes', 'rcu/nocb', 'rcu/torture', 'rcu/stall' and 'rcu/srcu' into rcu/dev 2024-11-15 22:38:53 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker ff9ba8db87 rcuscale: Add guest_os_delay module parameter
This commit adds a guest_os_delay module parameter that extends warm-up
and cool-down the specified number of seconds before and after the series
of test runs.  This allows the data-collection intervals from any given
rcuscale guest OSes to line up with active periods in the other rcuscale
guest OSes, and also allows the thermal warm-up period required to obtain
consistent results from one test to the next.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2024-11-12 23:05:05 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker 046c06f5ba refscale: Correct affinity check
The current affinity check works fine until there are more reader
processes than CPUs, at which point the affinity check is looking for
non-existent CPUs.  This commit therefore applies the same modulus to
the check as is present in the set_cpus_allowed_ptr() call.

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2024-11-12 23:04:50 +01:00
Paul E. McKenneyandFrederic Weisbecker 6a2c0255e8 refscale: Add srcu_read_lock_lite() support using "srcu-lite"
This commit creates a new srcu-lite option for the refscale.scale_type
module parameter that selects srcu_read_lock_lite() and
srcu_read_unlock_lite().

[ paulmck: Apply Dan Carpenter feedback. ]

Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@kernel.org>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>
Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Cc: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@linux.dev>
Cc: <bpf@vger.kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <Neeraj.Upadhyay@amd.com>
Signed-off-by: Frederic Weisbecker <frederic@kernel.org>
2024-11-12 15:45:02 +01:00
Christophe JAILLETandNeeraj Upadhyay 8f35fefad0 refscale: Constify struct ref_scale_ops
'struct ref_scale_ops' are not modified in these drivers.

Constifying this structure moves some data to a read-only section, so
increase overall security.

On a x86_64, with allmodconfig:
Before:
======
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  34231	   4167	    736	  39134	   98de	kernel/rcu/refscale.o

After:
=====
   text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
  35175	   3239	    736	  39150	   98ee	kernel/rcu/refscale.o

Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet@wanadoo.fr>
Tested-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Neeraj Upadhyay <neeraj.upadhyay@kernel.org>
2024-08-15 00:14:48 +05:30